The Seven Year Itch

So, I'm currently snuggled up with my Mario slippers, leggings, my Superman hoody and a hot chocolate watching The Seven Year Itch with my dearest mother, and I am simply in love with everything Marilyn wears, but then again, I always love what Marilyn wears. The Seven Year Itch created the iconic image of Marilyn over a vent, and the classic white dress flying up. It's been ripped off by many films, shows, cartoons and ads, but nothing will ever beat Marilyn and Tom Ewell. While the iconic dress is simply outstanding, I need to share the love with some of the other things she wears, including the two piece pant and jacket set in baby pink, which kind of makes Marilyn look like a Barbie doll, but it is one of the rare occasions that I adore it, because she can actually make the outfit work. The three-quarter leg high-waisted pants with the over sized pink jacket and matching pink belt around the waist is kind of the ideal outfit for the 50's.

Taking a look at the iconic white plunge. halter neck dress, Marilyn looks outstanding as per usual, but this dress has really shaped a generation. Not mine, although it has greatly influenced a lot of my formal-wear. The dress has created spoofs and millions of covers and photoshoots for a lot of celebrities, but the dress creates the idealistic hour-glass, and is really flattering on a lot of figures, if it's made the right way. I can't imagine it in any colour other than white, and I can't really picture it on anyone but a blonde, with the perfectly shaped lips and the gorgeous flicks on the eyes and the perfect little white heels

Then of course there is the fantasy dress, with the fantasy hair and the fantasy scene, when possibly my favourite line of 'Oh, keep playing. Don't stop playing! Don't stop! ... Why did you stop' occurs, and it always makes me laugh. It's just typically hilarious. The dress is outstanding, however I'm not too fond of her hair, but the scene is so fantastic so it's okay. I also adore gloves, so the stunning gloves above the elbows are just perfection. I'm also quite sure I own a pair of very similar earrings.

Misc

This is just a random photo of my Nana. I'm unsure of the year it was taken, but I think she's absolutely beautiful.

A look to love. The swinging sixties.

So I've decided I'm going to write on my favourite era's, because I prefer fashion from everything other than the naughties (also, why naughties? It's just stupid)

Miu Miu Fall 2010

One of my favourite era's of all time is the 60's. The blunt fringes, perfectly straight hair and the stunning short clothes to match, but all of this was wrapped up into one big orgasmic ball with the music. The music of the 60's is my favourite. There has been an outstanding rise in the love for the 60's lately, with the whole 'indie' look, but frankly, it's just such a fantastic look that I don't care. When I think of the 60's I think of The Beatles, the go-go boots and the bob. The sixties bought in the Mod look (Modernism) which was basically the change from everything being below the knees to bringing them right up, it was that everything was modern, and 'spacey.' The best way to achieve the mod look is to have a blunt fringe, with either the perfectly straight bob, or dead straight, all-one-length hair, with a short sleeveless dress with bold geometric shapes in a bright colour. Look at inspiration from Twiggy, who had the infamous pixie cut and twiglettes. It's all about being bold and brave.

Twiggy.

In the leg.

These are two of my favourite pairs of trousers. They belonged to my Nana (like so many of my other things) and I absolutely adore them. They're both high-waisted. The blue pair is slightly too large, so I like to wear a thin black belt with them. I love the cut of them both, but I really love the green pair, because of how they look, and I find that they're more versatile than the blue pair, because they also go with many different shirts and hats. I, as usual, wear them with a blazer and a Trilby hat!

To clutch with all your heart.

Vintage Black Geometric Clutch by Prada

Oh, how I adore clutches. They really are an essential for every girl. Whether it's a simple fold-over, or a zip up, clutches are really just amazing. While they can be very inconvenient, as most girls know, it's always style over comfort, and sure, it gets annoying having to clutch the little bag for your life, it's still worth it, because they're small, simple, and just really bloody cute. I have this gorgeous vintage beige fold-over clutch, out of suede, and it just works with everything!

My summer frock.

When it comes to Summer, I prefer to think Audrey over Alexa, in that I prefer my dresses to not be shorter than my underwear. Below, is my favourite summer dress, that once belonged to my nana, and to me, it's perfect. I love the shoulders, and the way it sits on my waist, and especially with the tie at the back, I can change whether I want it to be tight or loose. With the colours, and the pattern, I really always feel summery when I wear it, however I do like to add my own personal touch, by adding a brown Trilby and a pair of loafers. I really love my simple, Vintage button down dress though. I do however really love wearing tiny little short dresses during Winter, but I get to wear tights and add coats and be amazing. During Summer I spend too much time trying to avoid the sun, I wear hats to avoid tans.

You're a wizard, Harry.

In adoration of velvet, I stumbled across this blue velvet jumper/cape/hooded thing in my favourite op-shop a while ago. (they only ever sell Vintage) It doesn't have a tag or anything, but either way, I love it. It's a bit too big, and it's also kind of frumpy, so I need to tuck it in at the waist to give it shape, but it's really warm and really comfortable. I've been wearing a lot of velvet lately, but this is just so comfortable and so amazing that it's just... ipeughsepiuerg I can't describe it. It also has a hood, which makes me feel totally gansta, with a mixture of Harry Potter. I wear it with black leggings and black boots.